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- The Omaha Morning Bee VOL. 52—NO. 302. gg « tSTuicJia£"5 ■*& iff OMAHA, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1923. *_SPSS'S 'ITu.l'Vl £»■"» TWQ CENTS “ ^"""W . _ U. S. Homes Praised by President • “Apex and Aim, the End Rather Than the Means, of Our Whole Social Sys tem,” Harding Says. Highest Desire of Man By I nlvrrsal Service. Washington, June 4.—The home is the "apex and the aim, the end lather than the means of our whole social system:” President Harding said, in an address at the dedication of the Washington model home, de signed after the cottage of John Howard Payne, author of "Home, Sweet Home." The president paid tribute to the "management of the American home” as the "greatest single industry in America,” and pointed out that in this industry “20,000,000 women toil ^,a*“very day of the year. 18,000,000 of these women doing their own work without help.” “There Is no other activity or in dustry comparable to this, in the number employed, the effort devoted to it, or tile importance of its pro ducts. nor in the significance of the spiritual forces that envelop it,” the president said. Hume Highest Desire. "The home,” he continued, "is *t last not merely the center, but truly the aim. the object, and the purpose of all human organization. We do not seek to improve society in order that, from better hornea, we may bring forth better servants of the state, more efficient cannon fodder for its armed forces; rather we seek to make better homes jn order that we may avoid the necessity for con flict and turmoil in our world. So far as this world knows or can vision, •there is no attainment more desirable than the happy and contented home." The president pointed out that only recently has the problem of develop ing better homes received its first consideration in the establishment at various universities, departments of home economics. The problem of bet ter equipment of the home, he as serted. "has received all too little attention.” Development in Mankind. "The common man of yesterday was a serf, a peasant, bound to tasks whose significance he did not know and for whose results he had small care,” the president said. “The com mon man of today is a citizen, a voter, a sovereign, truly a participant in de teimining the ends and destiny of the state. “It 1* the purpose of the better homes movement to make possible a like advance in the status of woman kind. We are going to have such ad vancement in the mechanical appur tenances of the home as will repre sent a real emancipation of women. With that emancipation we shall see women taking a new. a larger and vastly more significant part in those great determining activities of life which henceforward must mark our way toward realizing the heat ambi tions of social organization.” Less Effort in Management. President Harding emphasized the point that, where Importance has been Htlaehod to making better homes, to providing for home ownership, this movement is designed to advance the creation of homes which require less effort In management, of homes equipped in better taste, of homes which leave to women who must man age ihenr a wider opportunity, a great er range of privilege for social and spiritual movement." "ft Is not so much the problem of housing ss It Is the problem” of In creasing the home comforts, of devla fng new conveniences, nf expanding that understanding of domestic sci ence which must make for the im provement of American homes,” the president explained. Governor Bryan to Address Stockraisers’ Convention Special I>l»patch to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln. June 4.—Gov. Charles W. Bryan will go to Alliance, Friday. June s. to deliver an address before member* of the Nebraska Stockraisers association at Its annual meeting. The governor stated that he might talk on the $2S.">,000 appropriation for bovine tuberculosis eradication which he fought, verbally, though he did not veto the bill passed by the legisla ture. However, the governor ex pressed doubt if he would be able to write the substance of his remarks In advance for publication. Three Die When Auto Goes Over Kmbankment By International New* Service. Weathersfleld, Va., June 4.—Three persons were killed here early today when their autrynoblle struck a fence and plunged over a 60-foot em bankment Into the Connecticut river. The dead: Harry Hanson, 42, driver of the car; his son, Anldan. 17, and George Rorak, 23, all of West Dumerston, Vt. _ Reports of Retirement of Geddes Are Denied By Associated Prrn. London, June 4.—Newspaper re porta to the effect that Kir Auckland „Geddes wa* retiring from the position of British ambassador to the Fnlted States were characterized ns entirely unfoundr# by Ronald McNeill, under secretary of foreign affairs, In the house of commoni today, t By International News Service. San Quenlln, Cal., June 4.—Con vict 37044, San Quentin peniten tiary’s latest woman prisoner— Clara Phillips before the prnson gates shut upon her—entered upon the drab routine of prison life today. She rose at 0:45 and had break fast with the 52 other women in that department of the prison. After she had assisted her cell mate, Ethel Seward, serving a term for burglary, in tidying up their cell room, she went to the hospital for the customary physical examination given all prisoners upon entrance to the prison and omitted yester day because it was Sunday. Clara made her toilet today with out the customary touch of rouge and lipstick. San Quentin prison ers in the women's department are permitted to buy face powder, but no rouge. Calara's “beauty box,” which she carried to Honduras and hack, is locked up in the property room. Bonus Checks Mailed to 2,500 World War Vets Iowa Treasury to Receive $22, 000.000 From Sale of Bonds Within Six W’eeks. Des Moines. Ia., June 4—Approxi mately 2.500 state bonus checks pay able to a like number of world war veterans were mailed by the state bonus board late today as the first increment in the distribution of the $22,000,000 soldiers' bonus bond issue, sold Saturday to a syndicate beaded by Esta brook & Co. of New York. Earl Brownlie of Davenport will receive bonus voucher number one. It will be for $139.50. According to the contract between State Treasurer Burbank and the bonding company, at least $550,000 will be paid Into the state treasury each day until the sum of $12,345,000. the total of the 4 1-4 per cent bonds, lias been deporsited. The bonding company has fixed six weeks In which to pay the $9,655,000. represent ing the 4 1-2 per cent bonds. Treasurer Burbank informed State Auditor Haynes that he may issue warrants to the amount of $550 000 daily until the amount available in creases when he may Increase the number of proportionately. More than 77.000 bonus applicants have been passed upon by the bonus lward. Approximately 17.000 claims, it is said, are being held up until questionable points can be corrected. Numerous messages congratulat ing Treasurer Burbank on the suc cessful sale of the bonus bonds were received from American Legion posts and interested'persons. Ben J. flibson. attorney general, has announced he will order an opinion only this week on the three questions which the bonus board has appeal ed to him The first Is the case of men who attended officers' training school camps before their enlistment. Other questions are that of wid ows of soldiers w ho have married and that of men who gave qualified ser vice. Motorist Must Face Jury for Fatality J. A Perrego. 4114 Corby street, driver of the car which ran down and killed Hazel Bigley, 4. 3315 Ohio street, Saturday and injured her brother Walter. 6. was ordered held for trial by a coroner's Jury follow ing an inquest into the child's death at the Cole-McKay undertaking es tablishment. 221fi Farnain street, Mon day. Funeral services for the girl will he held this afternoon at 2 at the Cole McKay chapel. Auto "Petting and Spooning" Approved in Sioux City Sioux City. Ia.. June 4.—Automobile "petting and spooning" parlies trn versing the streets in Sioux City will not be molested by the police this summer chief of Police James F. slianley stated that no action would be taken to curb "petting and spooning," mean ing. It Ib believed, that young people who "pet" and "spoon" discretely will be able to follow the popular outdoor sport. fcourtroom Cleared i:* Women Who Resist Offi cers—Case to Jury Today. A score of women battled three deputy sheriffs and one bailiff yes terday when they were ousted from District Judge Wakeley’s court, where Viola Johnstone’s $50,000 heart balm suit against Dr. Karl Connell has been in progress for five days. According to attorneys their argu ments will not be completed until shortly after noon. Judge Wakeley, in agreement with the barristers, did not fix a limit to the time. The judge predicted that the Jury would get the case by 3 today. Judge Wakeley. before the Attor ney Emmett Brumbaugh began his argument, cleared the courtroom of an audience estimated at 350 persons after subdued giggles and hushed comment was evoked by the evidence in the case. Only the plantiff and the defend ant with their attorneys, court offi cials and newspaper reporters re mained. Women Pushed Out. Bailiff Roy Smith, who cleared the room, was unable to handle the wom en who refused to riiove outside the corridor. They were finally pushed out by Deputy Sheriffs Konecky, Hoe felt and Belster. Cross examination of Dr. Connell was completed at 3:25. Miss John alone took the stand for rebuttal evi dence. It was during her testimony that the courtt order waa made In response to a question from At torney George DeLacy for the de fendant, Miss Jonhstone testified that one of Dr. Connell's "lady friends was a married woman." Mies Johnstone had testified on di rect examination that Dr. Connell had no, "lady friends except herself." But when pressed further, Miss John stone brought In the "married worn an." Eat In Courtroom. During the noon hour recess a dozen women were eating box lunches brought with them so they could hold 'their seats Dr. Connell, who was In the wit ness box almost the entire day. told of the first kiss he got from the plaintiff whom he employed in 1904 In New York city. The Initial osfulation, the pre courser of many which followed, the doctor testified, took place in his apartment abbut five months after Miss Johnstone entered his employ. She was accustomed to prepare his breakfasts, he said, and to look after his rooms The length of the kiss did not enter (Turn to Pege Two, Column' rice.) Alleged Slayer to Plea Insanity J Jury Bring Selected to Try An drew Johnson on Mur der Charge. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Hoc. Fremont, Neb., June 4—Temporary insanity was indicated as the basis of defense In the trial of Andrew Johnson, 65, North Bend, charged with the flrat degree murder of Wil liam Jurging, 32. In a shooting af fair following a drinking bout at North Bend In October, 1922. The rase opened In district court this morning When court was ad Journed this afternoon, five prospec tive Jurors had been passed as ac ceptable by both aides. Johnson is a brother in low of Thomaa Fowler, vice president of the I'nlon National bank, Fremont Jurging was fatally wounded dur ing an alleged drinking spree at Johnson's home. Johnson was charged with the slaying and later released under $10,000 bond. The defense attorney made if a point to ask each man called w belli er he belonged to any society for or against prohibition and whether lie would let that angle of the evidence linve any bearing in his making n decision. Selection of a Jury probably will consume moat of Tuesday. Shucks! What Did Caesar and Hannibal Know About Difficult Moun tainous Passes? I LI/'locate AnI> \f/ D1SCRTEC THE \ ! ORIWOCO RIVER., \ Kame ITS TRIBUTES \ AND TELLTMR6E kTHINGS ^OR which J IT IS .NOTED* / Receivers of Lion Company Lose Decision Supreme Fourt Refuges Re quest to Force Nebraska State Courts ft* Al low Claims. The Nebraska department of tradr and commerce "on another victory in the I.ion Bonding ana Surely com pany case, according to a dispatch from Washington received here Mon day. announcing a supreme court decision. The declalon refuses to permit J A. Herts and John I. Levin, receivers of the company who were appointed by the federal district court of Min nesota, to force the Nebraska state courts to receive and allow- claims now in the hands of the Minnesota receivers. Amos Thontas, special agent for the Nebraska department of Trade ami Commerce,' commenting on tho de cislon. said: "The Minnesota receiver* (lied .1 motion In supreme court asking that they be allowed attorney s fees, re ceivers’ fees and expenses totaling approximately )24,000. They also asked that the Nebraska slate court be compelled to receive $450,000 word of claims filed by creditors in the fed eral court In Minnesota. "Attorney Ueneral .Spillman and I appeared before the supreme court two weeks ago and argued against this motion. The decision apparently means that none of the claims of the Minnesota men for fees will be al lowed, and also that we can recover title or cost of the property that these receivers sold up there.” Lobtb'll Ouils as Farm Loan Head; Kansan Takes Place Washington. June 4 Resignation of L’hiirlef K Lobdell as head of the farm loan board and appointment of Louis .1 I’ettljohn of Hodge City, Kan., to succeed him was announced today at the White House. Muskegon. Mich.. June 4—Eugene E Meurer, millionaire paper manu facturer of Muskegon has married Ml** Margaret Wassermati. "his $40, 000 cook,'1 whose specially prepared di*hea Meurer repeatedly declared meant ' life Itself" to him The marriage license was obtained May 24. but Information concerning it was suppressed at tbs county clerk's office until today. The million airo gave hi* age as 02 and that of hi* bride ns 42. They were mar riect May 2... The manufacturer's domestic diflfi cutties began to attract international attention last January, when his daughter. Mrs Walter Volth, came here from Germany and had Mis* Washerman, who she charged was taking the place of the wife in tie home, hurried to Germany Meuier fought the move, after first consent ing. and giving the cook J40.000 for faithful services. Meurer filed suit for divorce against his wife, who had been visiting In Germany for two years. Mias Was sermon attempted to reenter the United States, but Immigration offi rials Interfered until Meurer provided bonds. 9 Death of 2 Boys Found on Track to Be Probed spec'nl Dtspateh In The <>m»h» Wee Hasting*. Neb , June 4.—-An Inquest will be held today to investigate the killing of Ira Nabour and I.eo Sad dler. both about 1*. whose bodies were found mutilated on the Burlington main line a mile vvc-t of Juniata Sunday morning. » One was recognizable and the other vvas Identified only by paper* found In his pockets. Nabour wa* the soil of William Nabour, living between Prosser and Keneraw, and 1a-o Saddler was the (on of t'lav Soldier of Jnnlatn and the grandson of W. O. Saddler of Hastings They left their homes several weeks ago and hud not lately commanlent 1 with their parents. It I* supposed they were killed by n train Saturday night or early Sunday morning. Berlin Decides lo Deliver New Offer to Allies I.atcfkt Proposal for Settle ment of Reparations Prob lem Expected to Be Sent Out Thursday. By I nherwal hrrvlc. Berlin. June 4 —1'nlvsrssl Service ha* learned exclusively that owing to information received by the German government Saturday from London, to the effect that Downing atreet ad vista the delivery, a new German note will be sent to the allies coin cidentally with the meeting of Poincare and Theunla In Brussel* on Wednesday. Consequently work on the new note is now being pushed, w.th a view to completing the final draft not later than Wednesday, and will be sent off by special courier to Germany'! diplo matic representatives in London, Home. Brussels and Paris to be de livered simultaneously to the respec live governments Thursday. The text nlso will be cabled to Ambassador Wiodfeldt at Washington. The final text, it is understood, give* only the broad outline of the guarantees Instead of the detailed working plan, owing to the fact that the negotiation* now proceeding with German Industry, agriculture, com merce and banka are not yet fully worked out. It i* also learned authoritatively that the rei. hshatik la not contem plating any new action Intended tn strengthen the mark, which la now fluctuating around 80.00(1 to the dol Inr. ns financial circle* consider such a step unadvlssble at present. 3 Miners Entombed. Blcknell, Ind.. June 4 —Rescue cicw*. driving a new shaft rspect to reach three miners entombed In the north side mine near hers today. A uivs m Saturday imprisoned the men Through a two-inch hole drilled from the surface, food and air Is pro vided for the men Personal Liberty Basis of Decision Rendered by U. S. Supreme Court Opinion Vindicates Robert T. Meyer, Teacher in Hamilton County Parochial School, Convicted of Unlawfully Read n ing German Language to Child—Statutes in Iowa and Ohio Also Invalidated. — Knowledge of Foreign Tongue Needed, Says Judges By GEORGE F. A1THIER. Washington Correspondent The Omaha Bee. Washington, June 4.—The paramount right of the individual wa* made the baaia of a aweeping decision by the supreme court today in knocking out the various language laws passed In Nebraska, Ohio and Iowa, aimed to pre vent the teaching of the German language* in the schools. The Nebraska rase was made the instrument which overturned the laws in the state and In Iowa and Ohio. Justices Sutherland and Holmes disaented. These cases were an inheritance of the war period and their presence fat the supreme court represented a hard fight which has been in progress con cerning them ever since their passage. -£ Opinion Delivered in Nebraska Case Extract* from the opinion given by Juetice SlcReynold* in the Meyers ease follow*: The problem for our determina tion Is wether the statute aa con strued and applied unreasonably Infringe* the liberty guaranteed the plaintiff in error by the fourteenth amendment. “No state shall be prlve ary person of life, liberty or property without due proceaa of law.-’ While thi* court haa not at tempted to define with exactness the liberty thus guaranteed, the term haa received much considera tion and tome of the included things have been definitely stated. Without doubt, it denotes not merely freedom from bodily re straint but also the right of the individual to contract, to engage in any one of the common occupations of life to acquire useful knowledge, to marry, establish a home and bring up children, to worship Ood according to the dictates of his own conscience, and generally to enjoy those privilege* long recog nixed as common law as essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men The established doc trine is that this liberty may not be mtereferd with, under the guise of protecting the public interest, by legislative action, which is arbi trary or without reasonable rela tion to some purpose within the competency of the state to effect Deiermination by the legislature ot what constitutes proper exercise of the police power is not final or conclusiv* but la subject to supervi sion by the court*. Education of Supreme Importance. The American people have always regarded education and acquisition of knowledge a* matters of supreme Importance which should he diligent ly promoted. The ordance of 17S7 declares: "Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools snd the means of education shell forever be encour aged '• Corresponding to the right of control. It is the natural duty of the parent to give his children education suitable to their station In life: and ail the states, including Nebraska, enforce this obligation by compulsory laws. Practically, education of the youfig la only possible in schools conducted by especially qualified persons who devote themselves thereto The calling always has 'been regarded as useful and honor able. essential, indeed, to the pub lic welfare. Mere knowledge of the German language cannot reason ably be regarded as harmful. Here tofore tt has been commonly looked upon as helpful and desirable. Plaintiff in error taught this language in school as part of his occupation. His right thus to teach and the right of parents to engage him so to instruct their children, we think are within the liberty of the amendment. Encroaches on Individual Rights. Evidently the legislature has at tempted materially to interfere with the calling of modern language teachers, with ths opportunities of pupil* to acquire knowledge and with the power of parents U. con trol the education of their own It ta said the purpose of ths legis lation was to promote civic develop ment by inhibiting training and iTars t« rear Tw®. relam Three I BARNEY GOOGLE_ BARNEY HAS SPARKY WELL TRAINED. Drawn for The Omaha by Billy DeBeck /Gangway ??' ^ 'mold the train"? j This »? VNM«»e Ji \ 1 get oi'f iar f OMAHA SPARKY? OMAHA » OMAHA'" I >v 0(^AMA MW! J /A rim tYtTtoi Ttor* C<sr on y S^PftU. ROODS » The principal decision in the cates was in a case of Robert T. Meyer, plaintiff in error, against state of Ne braska. Meyer was tried and convict ed in the district court of Hamilton county, Nebraska, on the charge that on May 25, 1920, while an instructor in a parochial school, he unlawfully taught reading In the German Lan guage to a 10-year-old child who had not passed the eighth grade. File* Writ of Error. The Informatino was based on an act of the state of Nebraska forbid ding the teaching of any language but English in private, denomination al, parochial or public schools. Ths Nebraska supreme court affirmed the conviction and Meyer brought the case to the United States supreme court on writ of error. Justice McReynolds delivered the opinion. On the strength of the decision in the Meyer case, the supreme court proceeded to reverse the judgments of the supreme courts of Iowa, Ohio and Nebraska in four other cases be fore It. These eases were: August Bartels, plaintiff in error, against state of Iowa; H H Bohning plaintiff in error, against state oi Ohio; Emil Empohi. plaintiff in error against state of Ohio: Nebraska dls trict of Evangelical Lutheran synod of Missouri, Ohio and other states, et at, plaintiffs in error, against Sam uel R. McKelvie, Clarence A Davis. Otto F Walker and their deputies, subordinates and assistants. Justice ffotme* Dissents. Justice Holme* dissenting in the German language case, said: 'We all agree, I take it, that it is desirable that all the citizens of the United States should spea common tongue, and therefore thai. "ie end aimed at by the statute is a lawful and proper one. The only question is whether the means adopted deprived teachers of the liberty secured to them by the fourteenth amendment. "It is with hesitation and unwilling ness that I differ from my brethren with regard to a law like this, but I cannot bring my mind to believe that in some circumstances and circum stances existing, It is said, in Nebras ka (he statute might not be regarded as a reasonable or even necessary method of reaching the desired result. Youth ( esteemed. The part of the act with which we are concerned deals with the teach* ing of young children. Youth Is the time when familiarity with a lan guage ia established and if there are sections of a state where a child would hear only Polish or French or German spoken at home, I am not prepared to say that it is unreasona ble to provide in h.s early years that h« shall hear and speak only English at school. But if it is reasonable it Is not an undue restriction of the lib erty. either of teacher or scholar.'* Justice Holmes concluded with a statement that he waa unable to say that the constitution prevented ths experiment being tried. Justice Sunderland also dissented from the majority opinion. Nebraska Decision Reversed N by U. S. Supreme Coutf 'iwW Dispatch ta Th* Omaha Dm Lipcoln. Jun# 4—Th# ReedN'orvsl law declared Invalid by th# I'nited State* supreme court at Washington lodsy. was passed by the legislature at the session two years ago and was even more drastic than the Siman taw passed at a prior session. Immediately after it# passage th se opposed to the law went Into the Ne braska court*. An appeal wa* filed in the Nebraska supreme court De cember 2. 19S1. and on February IS. a majority of member# of th# court held lh# law wa* valid. A minority opinion was handed down by Chief Justice Morris#)’ and Justice Let toe. Then the case was taken to the United State# supreme court. Th# at torney general represented the state, while a number of attorneys repre sented those opposed to the law. The Weather 34 t r m. Jun* 4, TrmnMil «fp »>. M. T4 11 or* mu!. #« Tctfti tliifft J»nu*rr 3. 3 •»* HiiwbHtk T * w . t?. 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